Responsibilities
1. Promoting positive and truly person-centred care.
2. Managing risk appropriately and safely.
3. Leading and developing staff across all functions (care and non-care).
4. Ensuring all staff are trained to the required levels.
5. Implementing and managing of audits and quality assurance structures.
6. Safe recruitment, selection and retention of staff.
7. Employee relations, including staff communications, managing absence, disciplinaries, grievances and sickness.
8. Being highly responsive and proactive when referrals are received.
9. Actively ensuring the Home has the highest possible level of occupancy by utilising links with the local community, and positively marketing the Home.
10. Responsible for content and quality of care plans.
11. Ensuring robust care delivery in conjunction with the information obtained from care plans, audits, supervisions and quality assurance.
12. Some weekend / bank holiday work might be required as per the needs of the Home.
The Ideal Candidate
13. Must have a strong understanding of care delivery within a residential care home.
14. Must have a resilient character, with high standards of probity and integrity.
15. Strong leadership skills in managing and motivating staff.
16. The ability and drive to be caring and supportive of residents and their relatives.
Essential Criteria
17. Minimum of 2 Years' experience as a Deputy Manager or Registered Manager of a care home or similar.
18. Comprehensive knowledge of CQC standards and experience of meeting all CQC and social services requirements.
19. Good knowledge and literacy of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word and Outlook as a minimum).
20. Good general knowledge of electronic care plans and rostering systems, or must be genuinely willing to learn about these systems.